Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

Everyone, welcome back to the show. Got a great episode today.

I'm speaking of Nick Seabrook, the professor of Float the Science and Public Administration

at the University of North Florida. It's got a great book out. It's called One Person, One Vote,

a surprising history of cherrymandering in America.

As we get closer and closer to the 2022 midterms and of course the 2020 election,

and as we lie in the wake of big decisions at the Supreme Court's overturning the movie Wade,

the topic of cherrymandering, electoral reform, and representation is incredibly relevant.

So it was great to have this conversation with Nick. We're definitely going to start having

these politically focused episodes more and more often. I definitely would like to hear what

folks think about this episode and just the topic of cherrymandering in general.

Saga is a little less interested in this topic. I think it's kind of inconsequential in comparison

to the broader issues in America today. If that's your perspective, Nick and I directly talk about

that on this episode. So this is also going to be one saga I would discuss during the Friday

discussion episode that we're going to record later this week. Couple quick notes before we get in.

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